COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A South Carolina state senator denounced the celebration of homosexuality in the White House and across the country during an impassioned speech today on the Senate floor. “I heard our president sing a religious hymn [at the Charleston church funeral], and then Friday night, I watched the White House [be] lit […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed North Carolina’s right to issue “Choose Life” license plates, overturning two lower court rulings that declared the plates to be unconstitutional. As previously reported, in February of last year, a three-judge panel with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a federal judge’s ruling that […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Christian woman in Texas appeared in court today as she challenges a ticket that she received earlier this year for feeding the homeless in a local park out of her pickup truck. Joan Cheever has operated the Chow Train since 2005, a nonprofit organization that feeds the hungry and homeless […]
BELLFLOWER, Cal. – Ray Comfort’s latest film project, scheduled to be released this week, will explore the topic of homosexuality from an “uncompromising” biblical perspective, using a “thought-provoking plot” and footage from unscripted interviews. Comfort, a well-known Christian evangelist, has produced a number of movies and documentaries in recent years. As previously reported, Comfort’s most […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case surrounding the constitutionality of North Carolina’s ultrasound law, allowing a lower court ruling declaring the regulation a “free speech violation” to stand. As previously reported, lawmakers in North Carolina passed the Women’s Right to Know Act in 2011, which required women to obtain […]
PHILADELPHIA — A former editor of a prominent Christian publication is praising Tony Campolo after he announced this week that he has decided to endorse and speak out for the inclusion of open homosexuals in the Body of Christ—a move that is generating concern among Christians nationwide. “God bless Tony Campolo,” wrote retired Christianity Today […]
BELFAST — The Christian owners of a bakery in Northern Ireland have decided to appeal a ruling declaring them guilty of discrimination for declining to print the phrase “Support Gay Marriage” on a cake. As previously reported, in May of last year, Ashers Baking Company in Newtonabbey—named after Genesis 49:20—was approached by a same-sex “marriage” […]
RALEIGH — The Republican governor of North Carolina has vowed to veto a bill that would allow some judges to opt out of participating in same-sex ceremonies. S.B. 2 was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) to allow magistrates to recuse themselves from officiating over the services, as well as to permit […]
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has a right to decline to make “Choose Life” specialty plates if the commissioner deems the message as being “patently offensive.” The Children First Foundation, which raises funds to support adoption and safe havens for babies […]
A report released this week by the Pew Research Center states that the number of professing Christians is in decline in America—statistics that some have noted indicates a falling away largely in denominations held to be apostate. The organization released its report “America’s Changing Religious Landscape” earlier this week, claiming that “the Christian share of the U.S. population […]